WO2006082599A2 - Procede et systeme de gestion d'energie - Google Patents

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WO2006082599A2
WO2006082599A2 PCT/IN2006/000030 IN2006000030W WO2006082599A2 WO 2006082599 A2 WO2006082599 A2 WO 2006082599A2 IN 2006000030 W IN2006000030 W IN 2006000030W WO 2006082599 A2 WO2006082599 A2 WO 2006082599A2
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Pasupuleti Ravikiran Sureshbabu
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
    • G06F1/32—Means for saving power
    • G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
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    • G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
    • G06F1/32—Means for saving power
    • G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
    • G06F1/3234—Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
    • G06F1/324—Power saving characterised by the action undertaken by lowering clock frequency
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
    • Y02D10/00—Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

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  • the present invention relates to power management and, in particular, to a method and system for power management of computers and other mobile devices.
  • the Power management of the invention avoids the complexities of power Management schemes involving operative system or hardware system specific provisions.
  • the power management of the invention would enable meeting the present day demands of effective power management in smaller and cheaper computing devices including mobile computing devices such as palm top computers, smart phones, note book computers and the like.
  • the power management of the invention is directed to managing power resources and power states of power manageable computing system and peripheral devices / gadgets for its more efficient and cost effective application / use.
  • Power management is also found to be important issue in mobile computing devices which includes notebook computer, palm top computer, network computer, personal digital assistants, embedded devices, smart phones and other computing devices which are presently available or which may be developed in the future. It is ,therefore, extremely important and desirable to provide a power management method and system that would overcome problems encountered in conventional power management systems both in computing and mobile computing devices and will operate on plurality of hardware platform and operating system.
  • Another object of the present invention is to develop a method and system for managing the " power resources and power states of power manageable computing system and attached devices which would serve to effectively manage the power in such computing devices / system and provide for more user friendly application/uses of such devices.
  • Yet another further object of the invention is directed to a virtual machine based power management method and system which would provide for application specific management of power in computing devices / system and its peripheral external gadgets of devices.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is directed to provide a system, which would enable running other application and utilities under optimum power utilization thereby avoiding unwanted wastage in situations of scarce and limited power resources for computing system and its attached devices.
  • Another object of the present invention is directed to a system of power management which would provide for application development and programming interfaces and device structures to develop deploy and maintain client's application.
  • a further object of the present invention is directed to the development of a dynamic frequency management method for power management.
  • Yet further object of the present invention is directed to a system of computing devices and / or its connecting gadgets/devices which would integrate power management methods effectively while executing client's application in order to bring about optimal power consumption in application / user of such computing devices.
  • a further object of the present invention is directed to a system for power management in computing devices / gadgets which would be capable of handling all power management function wherein the client's application do not have to manage the power but the same will be automatically addressed and taken care of by a virtual machine based power management configuration
  • the same is adapted to be maintained in the state for a desired wait period before switching to state of the most optimal usage state to facilitate maintaining the overall responsiveness of the system.
  • the processing power of the CPU is throttled and continued to increase the processing power till a predetermined highest power state is attained ; and when the API completes executing the control is transferred back to the caller and the Power-Down Cycle is initiated wherein after a predetermined time interval the the power is throttled down till it reaches a optimal power state.
  • a method for power management comprising building a standardized client profile of the client applications to identify the CPU speed and peripheral requirements such that when the same application is required in a subsequent occasion, the power management is activated accordingly pro- actively based on the standardized client profile without any additional instructions.
  • the power management comprises carrying out such power management by communicating with key modules as a virtual machine seamlessly. More preferably, the method comprises communicating with said virtual machine modules using a virtual machine system manager means and with other peripheral devices using a virtual machine hardware abstraction layer such that only when the services of a particular subsystem is required the same is activated and when the services of the sub-system is not required it is restored to an idle/sleep state.
  • the method is adapted to monitor the processor usage requirement and throttling the processor speed accordingly.
  • the above method involves managing power using a concurrent state machine adapted to run independently of the main threads of the application such that when an application issues calls to an API, the state machine starts the power -up cycle and after a predefined interval the processing power of the CPU is throttled to move to a first state and subsequently the processing power is throttled further up as long as the API is executing till the virtual machine reaches the highest power state and when the API completes executing the control it is transferred back to the caller and a power down cycle is initiated .In said power down cycle after a predefined interval the power is throttled down till it reaches the optimal power state. When a new API is called during the power down cycle the power down cycle is suspended and the power up cycle is started from the last power down cycle.
  • a system for power management of computers and other mobile devices comprising:
  • system of the invention comprises means adapted to build a standardized client profile of the client applications to identify the CPU speed and peripheral requirements such that when the same application is required to be repeated, the power management is activated accordingly pro actively based on the standardized client profile without any additional instructions.
  • the system is adapted with communicating means for communicating with key modules as a virtual power management machine seamlessly.
  • the power management involves means for communicating with said virtual machine modules using a virtual machine system manager means and with other peripheral devices using a virtual machine hardware abstraction layer such that only when the services of a particular sub-system is required the same is activated and when the services of the sub-system is not required it is restored to an idle/sleep state.
  • the system according to the invention further comprises means adapted for monitoring the processor usage requirement and throttling the processor speed and power supply accordingly.
  • the above power management system of the invention can comprise means for managing power comprising a concurrent state machine means adapted to run independently of the main threads of the application such that when an application issues calls to an API, the state machine means starts the power -up cycle and after a predefined interval the processing power of the CPU is throttled to move to a first state and subsequently the processing power is throttled further up as long as the API is executing till the virtual machine reaches the highest power state and when the API completes executing the control it is transferred back to the caller and a power down cycle is initiated .
  • a concurrent state machine means adapted to run independently of the main threads of the application such that when an application issues calls to an API, the state machine means starts the power -up cycle and after a predefined interval the processing power of the CPU is throttled to move to a first state and subsequently the processing power is throttled further up as long as the API is executing till the virtual machine reaches the highest power state and when the API completes executing the control it is transferred back to the caller and a power
  • the system is adapted with means such that when a new API is called during the power down cycle the power down cycle is suspended and the power up cycle is started from the last power down cycle.
  • the system for power management of the invention comprises: a power manager unit operatively communicating with said virtual machine system manager, virtual machine modules for said virtual machine applications and also to the peripheral device hardware through a hardware abstraction layer. More preferably, the above system for power management includes: said virtual machine system manager include sub-systems selected from Display Manager, File System Manager, I/O manager, Connectivity Manager and Memory Manager; said virtual machine Modules selectively include VM Browser means ,C Basic ,RDBMS means and Smart Sync means; said virtual machine application means selectively include VM objects, Database, BAS, Images and Forms.
  • this system is also adapted to build a profile of the client application to identify the CPU Speed and peripheral requirements such that when the same application is executed at a later point of time the system is adapted to pro-actively start managing the power without the need for a specific instruction in the client application for such power management.
  • Figure 1 is a flow diagram illustrating power manager used in the system in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a flow diagram illustrating the use of concurrent state machine adapted to run independent of the main threads of the application used by the power manager of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 illustrate the power manager of the invention adapted to communicate with all the key modules of the virtual machine seamlessly.
  • the power manager When a service of a particular sub-system is required the power manager is adapted to wake it up so as to utilize its services.
  • the power manager puts the sub-system to sleep.
  • the power manager also monitors the processor usages requirements and throttles the processor speed accordingly.
  • Figure 2 illustrates how the power manager of the invention is adapted to use a concurrent state machine that would run independent of the main thread of the application.
  • the machine starts the power up cycle. After a pre-determined interval ⁇ -T up , the power manager
  • the power manager starts throttling the processing power of the CPU to the move the virtual machine to State 1.
  • the power manager start throttling the processing power up as long as the API is executing till the virtual machine reaches the highest power state.
  • the control is transferred back to the caller and power down cycle is started. In the power
  • system as discussed about is further adapted to build a profile of the client's application to identify the CPU speed and peripheral requirements such that when the same application is executed the next time the system is adapted to pro-actively start managing the power without the need for a specific instruction in the client's application to initiate the power management system.

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La présente invention a trait à la gestion d'énergie, et notamment, à un procédé et un système pour la gestion d'énergie d'ordinateurs et d'autres dispositifs mobiles. La gestion d'énergie de l'invention permettrait de répondre aux exigences de gestion d'énergie efficace dans des dispositifs informatiques de taille réduite et économiques comprenant des dispositifs informatiques tels que des ordinateurs de poche, des téléphones électroniques, des ordinateurs bloc-notes et analogues. De manière avantageuse, la gestion d'énergie de l'invention concerne la gestion des ressources d'énergie et des états d'énergie de système informatique apte à une gestion d'énergie et des dispositifs/gadgets périphériques pour son application/utilisation plus efficace et plus économique.
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